Harassment Disguised as Oversight

When a child welfare case opens, the word oversight is used to justify almost unlimited intrusion.

What parents experience, however, is not oversight — it is constant surveillance.

Phone calls without notice.

Unannounced visits.

Repeated demands for documentation already provided.

Questions about relationships, finances, housing, mental health, and daily routines.

None of this occurs once or twice.

It happens continuously.

Parents are required to explain normal life choices as if they are risks.

Every action is interpreted.

Every pause is documented.

The result is not improved safety — it is hypervigilance.

Parents stop acting naturally with their children and begin performing compliance. They learn that spontaneity is risky, honesty is dangerous, and privacy no longer exists.

What is called oversight becomes a pressure environment designed to provoke mistakes, not prevent harm.